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<h1>FindBugs Documents and Publications</h1>

<p> This page lists documents, publications, and other sources
of information about FindBugs.

<h2>General Information</h2>

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<li> The <a href="manual/index.html">FindBugs manual</a> describes how to
install and use FindBugs.
<li> A <a href="http://www.simeji.com/findbugs/doc/manual_ja/index.html">Japanese translation</a>
of the FindBugs manual contributed by Hiroshi Okugawa.
<li> A <a href="bugDescriptions.html">list of bug patterns reported by FindBugs</a>.
<li> The <a href="FAQ.html">FindBugs FAQ</a> contains answers to frequently asked
questions about FindBugs.
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<h2>Publications</h2>

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<li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/docs/oopsla2004.pdf">Finding Bugs is Easy</a>, a
paper that appeared in the December 2004 issue of SIGPLAN Notices.&nbsp;
An extended abstract of the paper appeared in the OOPSLA 2004 Companion,
as part of the Onward! track of the conference.&nbsp;

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 <li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/data/drjava-stable-20040326.xml">drjava-stable-20040326.xml</a>
 <li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/data/eclipse-3.0.xml">eclipse-3.0.xml</a>
 <li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/data/jboss-4.0.0RC1.xml">jboss-4.0.0RC1.xml</a>
 <li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/data/jedit-4.2pre15.xml">jedit-4.2pre15.xml</a>
 <li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/data/rt-1.5-59.xml">rt-1.5-59.xml</a>
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<li> <a href="http://www.cs.umd.edu/~jfoster/papers/issre04.pdf">A Comparison of Bug Finding Tools for Java</a>, by Nick Rutar, Christian Almazan, and Jeff Foster,
compares several bug checkers for Java, including FindBugs.
<li> Chris Grindstaff has written a two-part article about FindBugs
(<a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-findbug1/">Part 1</a>,
<a href="http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-findbug2/">Part 2</a>)
for IBM developerWorks.
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<h2>Presentations</h2>
<ul>
<li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/docs/oopsla2004-slides.pdf">Presentation slides</a>
     from a talk given by David Hovemeyer at OOPSLA 2004.
<li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/docs/FindBugsTalk2.pdf">Presentation slides</a>
     from a talk given by Bill Pugh at the
     <a href="http://fc-md.umd.edu/fcmd/index.html"
     >Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering</a>,
     July 2004
<li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/docs/FindBugsJavaOne.pdf">Finding Bugs is Easy</a>,
     a presentation given by David Hovemeyer and Bill Pugh
     at <a href="http://java.sun.com/javaone/">JavaOne 2004</a>,
     June 2004
<li> <a href="http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/docs/FindBugsJKeller.pdf">Presentation slides</a>
     from J. Keller's presentation at the FindBugs JavaOne BOF,
     June 2004
</ul>
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